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    <body><![CDATA[I gave it three stars only because I would like to see an updated 6th edition published. Pelton's 5th edition of <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is at the same time an entertaining read and a political commentary. The author meticulously instructs the reader on the ins and outs of some of the more...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13510489">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[They should issue this to every US Marine! Provides fantastic insights into those you will meet, learn their culture, their customs, issues that might be of concern, and then you can...<br/>Perfect addition to &quot;Tough tools for a tough world!&quot;<br/><br/>A great book. Semper Fi! <br/>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The first thing you should know about Fielding's <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is <em>not</em> a comforting book. Its pages bristle with tales of land mines, war zones, terrorists, mercenaries, mafiosi, massacres, kidnappers, drug smugglers, and all the other unpleasant travel disasters that are the stuff of nightmares. But then, as the editors point out in their foreword, &quot;as travelers are kidnapped and executed in Cambodia, a recognized dangerous place, they also are hunted down and murdered in Los Angeles.&quot; In other words, the most dangerous thing in the world is ignorance.<p> The second thing you should know about <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is not meant to be used as a guidebook. True, there will be some adrenaline junkies out there who, upon perusing the pages about the war in Chechnya, decide that <em>that's</em> the place they want to be. The most likely audience for this book, however, is comprised of people who either <em>have to</em> visit the perilous corners of the world--journalists, foreign-service employees, etc.--or have a desire to learn more about such places without necessarily visiting them. It's also a good compliment to more mainstream guidebooks for the growing legion of adventure travelers whose quests for higher mountains to climb, fiercer rivers to raft, and wilder trails to hike often take them to hazardous regions. Whether you're planning a trip to a dangerous place or just want to learn more about one, <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is the right book at the right time.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book will actually make you want to go to extremely dangerous places. Unfortunately, it starts getting repetitive and eventually you'll stop reading. I made it to the Great Lakes of Africa and then put it down for a while. Still interesting and informative.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The first thing you should know about Fielding's <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is <em>not</em> a comforting book. Its pages bristle with tales of land mines, war zones, terrorists, mercenaries, mafiosi, massacres, kidnappers, drug smugglers, and all the other unpleasant travel disasters that are the stuff of nightmares. But then, as the editors point out in their foreword, &quot;as travelers are kidnapped and executed in Cambodia, a recognized dangerous place, they also are hunted down and murdered in Los Angeles.&quot; In other words, the most dangerous thing in the world is ignorance.<p> The second thing you should know about <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is not meant to be used as a guidebook. True, there will be some adrenaline junkies out there who, upon perusing the pages about the war in Chechnya, decide that <em>that's</em> the place they want to be. The most likely audience for this book, however, is comprised of people who either <em>have to</em> visit the perilous corners of the world--journalists, foreign-service employees, etc.--or have a desire to learn more about such places without necessarily visiting them. It's also a good compliment to more mainstream guidebooks for the growing legion of adventure travelers whose quests for higher mountains to climb, fiercer rivers to raft, and wilder trails to hike often take them to hazardous regions. Whether you're planning a trip to a dangerous place or just want to learn more about one, <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is the right book at the right time.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Every time a new edition of this book is printed I have to buy it.  Robert Pelton is unbelievable.  I had the privilage to meet him at the UCLA book faire about ten years ago and he just ROCKED!!  Oddfact: The man has no fingernails.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating, it has everything from rogue diseases to look out for, how to survive brutal Dictatorships, what country are you most likely to be kidnapped and held for ransom in, you know that classic everyday info I need to know about]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The first thing you should know about Fielding's <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is <em>not</em> a comforting book. Its pages bristle with tales of land mines, war zones, terrorists, mercenaries, mafiosi, massacres, kidnappers, drug smugglers, and all the other unpleasant travel disasters that are the stuff of nightmares. But then, as the editors point out in their foreword, &quot;as travelers are kidnapped and executed in Cambodia, a recognized dangerous place, they also are hunted down and murdered in Los Angeles.&quot; In other words, the most dangerous thing in the world is ignorance.<p> The second thing you should know about <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is not meant to be used as a guidebook. True, there will be some adrenaline junkies out there who, upon perusing the pages about the war in Chechnya, decide that <em>that's</em> the place they want to be. The most likely audience for this book, however, is comprised of people who either <em>have to</em> visit the perilous corners of the world--journalists, foreign-service employees, etc.--or have a desire to learn more about such places without necessarily visiting them. It's also a good compliment to more mainstream guidebooks for the growing legion of adventure travelers whose quests for higher mountains to climb, fiercer rivers to raft, and wilder trails to hike often take them to hazardous regions. Whether you're planning a trip to a dangerous place or just want to learn more about one, <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is the right book at the right time.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I probably could have reviewed this without even reading it: you have to define dangerous before you can decide what is most dangerous. As it happens, Pelton and I disagree on that definition, but it was still a fun read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun read.  Kinda good for keeping next to the bed and reading bits and pieces between other books.  My favorite parts are the exotic disease section and wandering through the overviews of dangerous countries.  ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The first thing you should know about Fielding's <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is <em>not</em> a comforting book. Its pages bristle with tales of land mines, war zones, terrorists, mercenaries, mafiosi, massacres, kidnappers, drug smugglers, and all the other unpleasant travel disasters that are the stuff of nightmares. But then, as the editors point out in their foreword, &quot;as travelers are kidnapped and executed in Cambodia, a recognized dangerous place, they also are hunted down and murdered in Los Angeles.&quot; In other words, the most dangerous thing in the world is ignorance.<p> The second thing you should know about <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is not meant to be used as a guidebook. True, there will be some adrenaline junkies out there who, upon perusing the pages about the war in Chechnya, decide that <em>that's</em> the place they want to be. The most likely audience for this book, however, is comprised of people who either <em>have to</em> visit the perilous corners of the world--journalists, foreign-service employees, etc.--or have a desire to learn more about such places without necessarily visiting them. It's also a good compliment to more mainstream guidebooks for the growing legion of adventure travelers whose quests for higher mountains to climb, fiercer rivers to raft, and wilder trails to hike often take them to hazardous regions. Whether you're planning a trip to a dangerous place or just want to learn more about one, <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is the right book at the right time.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[GREAT! ...relevant with a sufficient amount of current events mixed with history to find a nice balance between informative guide book and digestable personal accounts.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Enthralling accounts of Robert's closest run-ins with death and disaster, in some of the most dangerous places in the world. A fun read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book to be really interesting. It was REALLY long, but I liked it. It was so scary that the U.S. is actually on the list...]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The first thing you should know about Fielding's <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is <em>not</em> a comforting book. Its pages bristle with tales of land mines, war zones, terrorists, mercenaries, mafiosi, massacres, kidnappers, drug smugglers, and all the other unpleasant travel disasters that are the stuff of nightmares. But then, as the editors point out in their foreword, &quot;as travelers are kidnapped and executed in Cambodia, a recognized dangerous place, they also are hunted down and murdered in Los Angeles.&quot; In other words, the most dangerous thing in the world is ignorance.<p> The second thing you should know about <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is not meant to be used as a guidebook. True, there will be some adrenaline junkies out there who, upon perusing the pages about the war in Chechnya, decide that <em>that's</em> the place they want to be. The most likely audience for this book, however, is comprised of people who either <em>have to</em> visit the perilous corners of the world--journalists, foreign-service employees, etc.--or have a desire to learn more about such places without necessarily visiting them. It's also a good compliment to more mainstream guidebooks for the growing legion of adventure travelers whose quests for higher mountains to climb, fiercer rivers to raft, and wilder trails to hike often take them to hazardous regions. Whether you're planning a trip to a dangerous place or just want to learn more about one, <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is the right book at the right time.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some people read this book and are happy to stay home.  I, on the other hand, want to see the places he writes about first hand.......]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is <em>not</em> a comforting book; its pages bristle with tales of land mines, war zones, terrorists, mercenaries, mafiosi, massacres, kidnappers, drug smugglers, and all the other travel disasters that are the stuff of nightmares. But then, as the editors point out in their foreword, &quot;as travelers are kidnapped and executed in Cambodia, a recognized dangerous place, they also are hunted down and murdered in Los Angeles.&quot; In other words, the most dangerous place in the world is more of a state of mind: ignorance.  <p> Neither is <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> meant to be used as a guidebook. True, there will be some adrenaline junkies out there who, upon perusing the pages about the war in Chechnya, decide that <em>that's</em> the place they want to be. The people most likely to benefit from this book, however, are those who either <em>have</em> to visit the perilous corners of the world--journalists, foreign-service employees, etc.--or those who have a desire to learn more about such places without necessarily visiting them. It's also a good compliment to more mainstream guidebooks for the growing legion of adventure travelers whose quests for higher mountains to climb, fiercer rivers to raft, and wilder trails to hike often take them to hazardous regions. Whether you're planning a trip to a dangerous place or you just want to learn more about one, <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is the right book at the right time. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everything you wanted to know about the places you shouldn't (and probably won't) visit (I've been to a few of them).]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The ultimate travel guide for the crazy brave adventurer, a wonderful synopsis of the world's most dangerous hotspots. ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The first thing you should know about Fielding's <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is <em>not</em> a comforting book. Its pages bristle with tales of land mines, war zones, terrorists, mercenaries, mafiosi, massacres, kidnappers, drug smugglers, and all the other unpleasant travel disasters that are the stuff of nightmares. But then, as the editors point out in their foreword, &quot;as travelers are kidnapped and executed in Cambodia, a recognized dangerous place, they also are hunted down and murdered in Los Angeles.&quot; In other words, the most dangerous thing in the world is ignorance.<p> The second thing you should know about <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is that it is not meant to be used as a guidebook. True, there will be some adrenaline junkies out there who, upon perusing the pages about the war in Chechnya, decide that <em>that's</em> the place they want to be. The most likely audience for this book, however, is comprised of people who either <em>have to</em> visit the perilous corners of the world--journalists, foreign-service employees, etc.--or have a desire to learn more about such places without necessarily visiting them. It's also a good compliment to more mainstream guidebooks for the growing legion of adventure travelers whose quests for higher mountains to climb, fiercer rivers to raft, and wilder trails to hike often take them to hazardous regions. Whether you're planning a trip to a dangerous place or just want to learn more about one, <em>The World's Most Dangerous Places</em> is the right book at the right time.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pelton is one of the most cool and savvy writers I know of to date.  Read this guy, he knows the score.]]></body>
    
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